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First students selected as PhD's in excellence programme

8 Oct 2015

The Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry has honored two proposals for PhD research written by chemistry students Hans de Bruijn (Leiden University) and Kaj van Vliet (VU University Amsterdam). Both ...

Five million euro for computational science infrastructure

6 Oct 2015

Together with 17 European universities and research centers the Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM) will develop a European research infrastructure in computational science. Their E-CAM consortium was ...

Dick Stufkens Prijs 2015 awarded to chemist Tatu Kumpulainen

1 Oct 2015

The Dick Stufkens Prijs for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Dr Tatu S. Kumpulainen for his thesis “Proton-Transfer Reactions in ‘Super’ Photoacids ...

NICAS: New research centre for Conservation, Art and Science

29 Sept 2015

On Friday 25 September the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture & Science Jet Bussemaker officially launched NICAS, the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science. The University of Amsterdam is one of ...

Science: new bio-inspired chemistry for amine synthesis

24 Sept 2015

A new biocatalytic conversion route developed by researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published this week in Science holds the promise for a cleaner and more efficient industrial synthesis of amines ...

The international society for separation science CASSS has awarded professor Peter Schoenmakers its annual award for outstanding achievements in separation science. He received his award last week during the 43rd ...

Efficient and stable catalyst converts xylose to xylitol

22 Sept 2015

MSc student Carlos Hernandez-Mejia and his supervisor Dr Raveendran Shiju of the UvA Research Priority Area Sustainable Chemistry have discovered the secret to stable and efficient ruthenium-based xylose ...

Peter Schoenmakers honored with Csaba Horváth Memorial Award

8 Sept 2015

At the Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, held last week in Siófok at Lake Balaton in Hungary, HIMS professor Peter Schoenmakers was awarded the Csaba Horváth Memorial Award, an honorable ...

LIFT funding for HIMS researchers

25 Aug 2015

Professors Jan van Maarseveen and Joost Reek of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have both received funding through the LIFT programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ...

Veni grants for HIMS researchers

17 July 2015

Two scientists of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have been awarded VENI grants through the Talent Scheme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO. Andrea Gargano and Ivan Kryven ...

Veni grant for 10 Faculty of Science researchers

17 July 2015

Twenty-three recent doctorate recipients have been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the UvA’s Academic Medical ...

Jan van Maarseveen, professor of Bio-Inspired Organic Synthesis

HIMS researcher Hong Zhang receives 1 million euro NCI-TA grant

3 July 2015

Associate professor Dr Hong Zhang of the Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) has been awarded financing from the Fund New Chemical Innovations (NCI). Zhang is the principal investigator of the project ...

Prizes for HIMS researchers in Analytical Chemistry

2 July 2015

Dr Andrea F.G. Gargano and Henrik Cornelisson van de Ven MSc, both of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, took home prizes awarded at the HPLC2015 international symposium on high performance ...

An effective zeolite catalyst for partial methane oxidation

29 June 2015

An international research team with Dr Moniek Tromp of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences is developing a new bio-inspired zeolite catalyst for the selective oxidation of methane to methanol. In Nature ...

Novel reactive nickel species sparks new aromatic chemistry

29 June 2015

Chemists at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have been able to generate a transient nickel nitrido species and show that this fleeting intermediate can activate C-H bonds or aromatic ...

Much interest in biomass research of Sustainable Chemistry RPA

23 June 2015

According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, two of the most downloaded papers published in 2015 in Green Chemistry (impact factor 8.020) are contributions from the UvA’s Research Priority Area (RPA) Sustainable ...

Jurn Heinen runner-up in 2015 UvA Thesis Prize contest

11 June 2015

Chemistry graduate Jurn Heinen has finished second in the competition for the UvA Thesis Prize 2015. At the UvA University Day on 6 June, Heinen won 2000 euro with his MSc thesis on the computational modeling of a ...

Modeling acrylate polymerisation

10 June 2015

Professor Piet Iedema of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences has recently been awarded 200.000 euro in the STW "Hightech Materials" funding scheme for his research project "Photocuring created network ...

Metal Organic Framework separates acetylene from ethylene

4 June 2015

A new microporous metal-organic framework (MOF) holds a promise for the industrially relevant removal of acetylene from acetylene/ethylene mixtures. Professor Rajamani Krishna of the Van 't Hoff Institute for ...